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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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MelbourneDie Walküre

Her Majesty's Theatre, Feb 09, 11, 13 mat, 16
Wagner: Die Walküre
Anthony Negus; Suzanne Chaundy; Melbourne Opera; Warwick Fyfe; Zara Barrett; Lee Abrahmsen; Bradley Daley
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MelbourneAnna Karenina

Arts Centre Melbourne, Feb 25, 26 mat, eve, 28, Mar 01, 02 mat, eve, 03, 04, 05 mat, eve, 07, 08, 09
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
Yuri Possokhov; Australian Ballet; Tom Pye; David Finn; Orchestra Victoria
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MelbourneThe Spiritual Forest

Melbourne Recital Centre, Tue 5 Apr at 19:00
Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale
Orchestra of the Antipodes; Erin Helyard; Pinchgut Opera; Cantillation
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MelbourneLa traviata

Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, May 04, 07, 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28 mat
Verdi: La traviata
Renato Palumbo; Elijah Moshinsky; Opera Australia; Michael Yeargan; Peter J. Hall; Nigel Levings; Orchestra Victoria
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MelbourneLohengrin

Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, May 14, 17, 21 mat, 24
Wagner: Lohengrin
Tahu Matheson; Olivier Py; Opera Australia; Pierre-André Weitz; Bertrand Killy; Orchestra Victoria
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MelbourneWomen of the Pièta

Melbourne Recital Centre, Sep 15, 16
Vivaldi
Orchestra of the Antipodes; Erin Helyard; Pinchgut Opera; Miriam Allan; Cantillation
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Compelling to hear, amazing to see: Opera Australia’s Aida

Brian Angus, 17 May

Using bold digital panels, D-Wok has created stunning visual effects. World class singers provide an outstanding aural experience.

****1
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Melbourne Opera mines Australian talent in new Rheingold

Sandra Bowdler, 08 Feb
Melbourne Opera has produced a critically and popularly successful Das Rheingold, which bodes well for the planned development of a full Ring cycle over the next four years.
****1
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Young cast, old production: Opera Australia’s Rigoletto is on song

Patricia Maunder, 11 May
A much-loved 1991 production evoking Fellini’s post-war glamour and grime is revived with three talented young principals, including Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role.
****1
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A compelling Parsifal from Victorian Opera in Melbourne

Brian Angus, 20 Feb

The Australian Youth Orchestra was full of poise and maturity and all the singing was impressive in Roger Hodgman's production.

*****
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Vivica Genaux and Sydney's Pinchgut wow Melbourne

Sandra Bowdler, 07 Dec
Vivica Genaux enjoys huge success in a Melbourne concert of Baroque delights, the first venture of Sydney's Pinchgut Opera Company outside its home turf.
****1
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Master masons: Holten’s Meistersinger comes to Melbourne

David Larkin, 17 Nov
Having offered a strong feminist reading of Wagner's Ring, could Kasper Holten do the same again for Die Meistersinger? Opera Australia's co-production had moments of excellence, but ultimately left the viewer with more questions than answers
***11
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